Community Health Worker-Led mHealth-Enabled Diabetes Self-management Education and Support Intervention in Rural Latino Adults: Single-Arm Feasibility Trial (Preprint)

Author:

Li ShiyuORCID,Yin ZenongORCID,Lesser JannaORCID,Li ChengdongORCID,Choi Byeong YeobORCID,Parra-Medina DeborahORCID,Flores BelindaORCID,Dennis BrittanyORCID,Wang JingORCID

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Latinos living in rural South Texas have a higher prevalence of diabetes, but their access to diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) is limited.

OBJECTIVE

We aimed to test the feasibility of a community health worker-led, mobile health (mHealth)-based DSMES intervention to reduce disparities in accessing DSMES in underserved rural Latino residents in South Texas.

METHODS

This 12-week, single-arm, pre-post trial was delivered by trained community health workers to 15 adults with type 2 diabetes. The intervention consisted of digital diabetes education, self-monitoring, a cloud-based connected platform, and community health worker support. Feasibility was evaluated as retention, actual intervention use, program satisfaction, and barriers to implementation. We also explored the intervention’s effect on weight loss and hemoglobin A<sub>1c</sub> (HbA<sub>1c</sub>).

RESULTS

All 15 participants were Latino (mean age 61.87 years, SD 10.67; 9/15 female, 60%). The retention rate at posttest was 14 of 15 (93%). On average, the participants completed 37 of 42 (88%) digital diabetes education lessons with 8 participants completing all lessons. Participants spent 81/91 days (89%) step tracking, 71/91 days (78%) food logging, 43/91 days (47%) blood glucose self-monitoring, and 74/91 days (81%) weight self-monitoring. The level of program satisfaction was high. On average, participants lost 3.5 (SD 3.2) kg of body weight (<i>P</i>=.001), while HbA<sub>1c</sub> level remained unchanged from baseline (6.91%, SD 1.28%) to posttest (7.04%, SD 1.66%; <i>P</i>=.668).

CONCLUSIONS

A community health worker-led mHealth-based intervention was feasible and acceptable to improve access to DSMES services for Latino adults living in rural communities. Future randomized controlled trials are needed to test intervention efficacy on weight loss and glycemic control.

Publisher

JMIR Publications Inc.

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